According to royal author Penny Juror, the late Princess 'was offended' that Charles preferred to read or paint 'rather than sit and talk to her'

By Lydia Hawken

19th April 2019, 7:41 pm

PRINCESS Diana "destroyed" Prince Charles' watercolour paintings during a "blazing row" on their honeymoon because "she resented him", a royal expert has claimed.

In her 2017 biography The Duchess: The Untold Story, royal author Penny Junor claims that Princess Diana and Prince Charles' honeymoon was a "disaster" which "only served to demonstrate how very little they had in common."

The newlyweds ended their honeymoon at Balmoral Castle in Scotland in 1981

Following their fairytale wedding at St Paul's Cathedral in 1981, Charles and Diana began their honeymoon by sailing to Gibraltar on the royal yacht Britannia before ending their getaway in the Scottish castle of Balmoral.

However, the young couple - who reportedly had only met 12 TIMES before tying the knot - had very different expectations from their first holiday together.

The biographer wrote: "The Prince envisaged a wonderful holiday in the sun, swimming, reading, painting and writing thank- you letter."

In contrast, the author claims that Diana had hoped to spend more time with her new husband and "hated his wretched books".

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She added: "He had taken his watercolours and some canvases and a pile of books by Laurens van der Post, which he'd hoped they might share and discuss in the evenings."

Despite his seemingly good intentions, "Diana was no reader and was offended that he should prefer to bury his read in a book rather than sit and talk to her."

Describing the incident which lead to Diana "destroying" Charles' painting, the biographer added: "One day, when he was sitting painting on the veranda deck, he went off to look at something for half an hour.

Prince Charles took his watercolours and easel on his honeymoon with Princess Diana in 1981

"He came back to find she had destroyed the whole lot. He had no idea what was wrong."

Unfortunately for the couple, their relationship only continued to become more fraught once they returned home to England.

The biographer added: "[Diana] hated the countryside, hated his family's passion for horses and dogs, hated the rain that poured down remorselessly; and she felt that her husband was avoiding intimate contact."

In turn, Prince Charles "left dealing with Diana to others" and became "mystified and despondent."

The author wrote: "He didn't know what had gone wrong or how he was going to cope."

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